Wife fears oil trader’s ‘death’ is a dirty game

Atena Yazdi was told her missing British husband was dead but now she senses a plot

Atena Yazdi says she will do whatever is necessary to save her husband (Andrew Parsons)

THE mystery surrounding the fate of an Iranian-born British oil trader
reported to have been abducted and killed in the United Arab Emirates
deepened last night.

His wife, Atena Yazdi, 37, said she had been told on Monday by the British
government that Abbas Yazdanpanah Yazdi, 44, a naturalised British citizen,
had been found dead.

But when she contacted the UAE authorities the next day in search of more
details, she was told they were “still following up” his case and were
hopeful he was still alive. In response to news reports, the UAE interior
ministry released a statement on Friday denying that a body had been found.

Atena Yazdi now believes her husband is in Iran. He is thought to have been
abducted by Iranian agents after leaving his office in Bur Dubai in the
commercial heart of the emirate on June 25.